Pushilin: DPR against the expansion in the number of participants of the Minsk talks

The self-proclaimed authorities DND will block the proposal to expand the list of countries participating in the negotiations to resolve the conflict situation in the Donbass, said the Plenipotentiary representative of the DND on the talks in Minsk Denis Putilin.

first Radio of Poland informed that the head of Poland Andrzej Duda made the initiative to his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko, the new format of the peace talks with the militia in the Donbass. The Polish head of the country said that in conversation with President of Ukraine he made the initiative to attended by the most powerful countries of Europe and Ukraine's neighbors, Poland, informs radio station.

"The increase in the number of countries participating in Minsk in the negotiation process on the peaceful settlement in the Donbass, will only aggravate the situation, for this reason, we will block such proposals," - said Pushilin explaining the proposal made by the President of Poland.

Plenipotentiary representative of the DND noticed that even currently attending negotiations frequently fail to reach a consensus, the Agency reports.

"in the end the Minsk format, most likely, will have to renew in 2016. If we allowed the inclusion in the process of additional players, the dialogues have the opportunity to finally come to a standstill, but does not bring the solution of the existing issues, " the Agency quoted Pushilin.

"This is not the first attempt of both the US and they control the countries involved in the negotiation process, for example in the" channel format ". This is not the position of Poland, and the pressure from the US - in person I consider statements Duda. Unfortunately, I till haven't seen the majority of European leaders true desire to peacefully resolve the confrontation in the Donbass ", - said Pushilin.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.